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This 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and brown colored postcard depicts the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot. The depot is a brick building with a stone foundation. A baggage cart sits at the left end of the covered portion of the platform. A water pipe stands between the two tracks running in front of the station. The postcard has been postmarked, and it has a one-cent postage stamp in the upper right hand corner.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (C. R. I. & P.) Railroad was the last major line to reach Lincoln from Omaha. While the line arrived in July of 1892, the depot was not completed until 1893. The depot was built in the French Chateauseque state, of Colorado red sandstone and pressed brick, near 20th and O Streets. Due to a lack of rail traffic, the depot was closed. It sat vacant until 1968. At that time, Clark and Enersen architects restored and converted the building into a branch for City Nebraska Bank. Now, it is a branch of Union Bank and Trust.

4:15 P.M. Lincoln, Neb. [Nebraska] 3/7/11 [March, 7, 1911] Last night it rained, this morning it was so foggy I couldn't tell weather [whether] the Platte River was a lake or a swamp. This afternoon it is fine sunshiny & [and] warm. NEW ADDRESS. St. Joseph Mo. [Missouri].